‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months - eviltoast

“with wind the single-biggest contributor… Power production costs have declined “by almost half” … And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs… Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero.”

      • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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        1 year ago

        Yea, that’s the issue. For something to be sustainable, you need to replenish the fuel source. Biomass can be, but you need a lot of it, but we also need it for food

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      By that logic you could also not call the flat thing inside a phone a battery because it can’t feed back into the grid.

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        1 year ago

        Other way round, you can take biomass and turn it into electricity easily. But you cant easily turn electricity into biomass. (it is easy on a phone to go both ways tho, google “USB c OTG adapter”)

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      1 year ago

      You burn it, and it generates electricity in a thermal plant. Or you can use it directly to heat a boiler to heat buildings.